Bureau of Agriculture. Farmer's Bulletin No. 8. THE COCOANUT With Reference to Its Products and Cultivation in the Philippines. By WILLIAM S. LYON, In charge of Division of Plant Industry. Manila: Bureau of Public Printing. 1903. CONTENTS. Page. Letter of transmittal 4 Introduction 5 History 5 Botany 6 Uses 6 Copra and cocoanut oil 6 Coir 10 Tuba 12 Minor uses 13 Cultivation 14 Selection of location 14 The soil 16 Seed selection 17 Planting 18 Manuring 21 Irrigation 27 Harvest 28 Enemies 28 Remedies 29 Renovation of old groves 30 Conclusion 30 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. Bureau of Agriculture, Manila, June 1, 1903. Sir: In responding to numerous inquiries about the cocoanut, its uses, cultivation, and preparation for market, I have prepared, by your direction, the accompanying bulletin, which is intended to cover the general field of the inquiries addressed to this Bureau, and herewith submit the same, with the recommendation that it be published as Farmers' Bulletin No. 8. Respectfully, Wm. S. Lyon, In Charge of Division of Plant Industry. To Hon. F. Lamson-Scribner, Chief Bureau of Agriculture, Manila. THE COCOANUT. INTRODUCTION. The following pages are written chiefly in the interests of the planter, but the writer feels that the great agricultural importance which the cocoanut palm is bound to assume in these Islands is sufficient to justify the presentation of some of its history and botany.